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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1936
Page
2
Rhode Island lawmakers debate Senate Bill 160, backed by Russell Sage Foundation, aiming to regulate small loans for about 40,000 borrowers. Supporters urge the House Judiciary Committee to let a vote occur before session end, arguing the reform lowers rates and increases borrower protection.
Miss Doris A MacDonald student nurse at Union Hospital Fall River visits family on Easter vacation Mr and Mrs Ellison MacDonald High street Mr and Mrs Stanley FE Friswell Ferry road sail from Boston for Bermuda with Mrs Newman Sleaper of Providence Rev Herbert D Graetz to speak on WJAR Monday morning Roswell S Bosworth to attend with Mrs Bosworth Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company hosts whist Arthur Guevremont Mrs Walter Kerr Mrs John Medeiros Louie Pacheco marquee events planned by Battery Post and Tram Company members Boston University Glee Club members Rae and Rae touring New England and upper New York State May Basket Social May 1 at the Parsonage House manager William Doran chosen for 1936 Ever Ready team Easter closures noted for Bristol public schools and St Marys parish school sailing plans for a two week West Indies cruise by Mr and Mrs Wallace Massop on Empress of Australia.
Edgar Stivers Diman aged 76 77 in his 77th year died this morning at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward Ho Martin 2 Prince ton street in Newport He was born February 2 1860 in Rehoboth and long lived in Bristol before moving to Newport where he resided with his hosts for the past ten years A piano tuner by trade his surviving relative is a daughter living in New York The funeral will be held Sunday at 3 pm at the Martin home Burial will follow in North Cemetery Bristol
Anthony Nastri, prominent Bristol businessman, will marry Carmela DeTulio of New Haven, Connecticut, on April 23 in New Haven. A bachelor party earlier this week drew 30 friends. The report notes a fire on Beach Road where the Ever Ready Engine and Hose Company responded to a blaze Wednesday night, quickly extinguished.
Mrs Anthony Valerio of 189 Mounts Hope Avenue announces the birth of a daughter Irene Florence. Burnside Lodge Knights of Pythias will attend the visitation led by Grand Chancellor Nicholas Picchione tonight to Monitor Lodge in Providence. Members of the Bristol Lodge gather at their hall in the Mello Building and travel to Providence in private cars.
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